Former Arkansas State Medical Board chairman Bryan Hyatt has been arrested on two felony counts of Medicaid fraud, according to authorities.
The former chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board has been arrested on two felony charges of Medicaid fraud, authorities said. Police in Rogers arrested Brian Thomas Hyatt, 49, a Rogers psychiatrist, on Monday, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. He was being held in the Benton County Jail for the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office with no bond set, according to online jail records.
Prior to Dr. Hyatt’s arrest by the Rogers Police Department, prosecutors from my office and defense counsel had already reached an agreement for Dr. Hyatt’s surrender and appearance in court. We are honoring that prior agreement and look forward to his appearance in Pulaski County court later this month,' Griffin said in a statement. Hyatt was appointed to the medical board by then-Gov. Asa Hutchinson in January 2019.
Hyatt had been the medical director of the unit since January 2018. His contract with the medical center was 'abruptly terminated' in May 2022, according to the affidavit. Griffin said in March that Northwest Arkansas Hospitals had agreed to pay the state more than $1 million in connection with 246 Medicaid claims based on medical evaluations, diagnoses and supporting documentation certified by Hyatt and nonphysician providers working under his control and supervision.
In addition, Hyatt faces several civil lawsuits. One, filed in March in Washington County Circuit Court, accuses him and others of unlawfully holding patients in Northwest Medical Center-Springdale’s behavioral health unit 'to fraudulently bill their private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid or other applicable insurance coverage for alleged care and treatment that was not provided.'
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